Thursday, May 30, 2013

Greetings Sweet Friends,Truly hope yall are having a good week wherever you are, and whatever you are doing..........

Mine has been good, just getting back into the swing of things, can't seem to shake the feelingthat we are still on vacation for some reason.Maybe it is just wishful thinking.....lolor maybe it is just how we like to stretch ourcelebrations out to the inth degree! lol

But....................

#1

I am thankful

to be home and sleeping in my own bed

again, as good as vacation was, there is

truly No Place Like Home! and it is trulya blessing to have a bed.....imagine sleep-ing on a park bench, under an overpass or on the ground without a sleeping bag, or sleeping in your car.

#2

I am thankful

that I finally got my permanent crown yesterday, think the temporary one was starting to leak, and smarting a lil when I ate something sweet. No problem now, thank the Lord!

#3

I am thankful

for our new dentists and dental staff as

they are all so sweet, warm, and friendly and

the office just has such a lovely, and peaceful

atmosphere. One of the girls told me a while back

that they all pray together in the morning before

they start work. What a great idea, and It certainly shows.

#4I am thankful

for all the yard trimming we got done this week, plenty more to go, but every lil bit looks better.........love that progression, and love seeing that brush taken away by the trash men.

Just getting ready to rise.#5I am thankfulfor tree cutters and our small chain saw on a pole,gardening gloves and loppers that help us get thisstuff done without killing ourselves. lol

Can you see that small dot....that is the sun.#6I am thankful

for the fun time I had with Brooklyn on Tuesday, as she was in such a great mood and so easy to get to sleep, think it was cause she was so tired from the day before.

So she would take a nap and when she woke up, she would eat and then be ready to play, just so sweet and happy. She took 3 naps, they were all less than an hour, but rejuvenating for her, none the less. We get to see her again on Saturday, which is nice since hubby didn't get to see her on Tuesday.

I realized I needed to use the zoom , so I did......

#7

I am thankful

for a lovely and longggggggg conversation I had with a sweet friend I haven't seen for a while, it was so great to catch up. Hopefully next week we are gonna try to get together face to face. Looking forward to that.

In person, it looked like a big orange ball coming up.It was an awesome sight...............

#8

I am thankfulfor summer salads with fruit in them, we absolutelylove to eat them, and I am making one tonight with strawberries, blackberries and peaches.Can hardly wait......................In case you would like a recipe like that you canclick here. then scroll down till you find the recipe.

#9I am thankfulfor Sam's club, and that we have a membership there,cause they have delicious Rotisserie Chickens, niceripe tomatoes, great meats, and cute name brand baby clothes, all at a great price, and much more.

#10I am thankfulfor Del Monte's diced peaches, mangoes and mandarinoranges that come in those separate lil cups with no added sugar, it makes it so easy to drain them and put them in cereal, oatmeal, or salads or just to eatall by their lonesome, and they taste so delicious andfresh, and it makes it easy and nice to always have some sort of fruit on hand.

#11I am thankfulit was so nice and breezy out this evening that hubby and I were able to sit outside and read for awhile. Once I start being outside I just want to be out there all the time, but our days have been hot, and we are amazed that it is still cool enough to sit out there at night with June just a few days away,So what a nice blessing.

#12

I am thankful

that Patti over at Fill my cup with Beauty is back

on the blogging scene again. I have missed her

and am happy to see her back. I had known her before

blogging, as she used to go to my church years back,

and we knew each other, we just weren't close friends,

but it will be nice to be in touch once again.

Good Morning..........Mr. Sunshine, you brighten

up my day...................

there is nothing more amazing than a sunset on the

beach.............I absolutely love getting up for this.

This was the last picture cause at this point you couldn't

stand to look at it anymore it was so bright ............

yet so beautiful.Hope you enjoyed my thankful list and pictures of this lovely sunrise.Thanks for coming by, and I look forward to hearing from you!Love, hugs, andBeautiful Sunrise Blessings,Nellie

and next week some of the pics in the condo but mostly their wall accessories cause I thought some of them were so cute and knew yall would enjoy them too.

The next 3 pictures that follow are of

my hubby and Brooklyn. I just love this next picture,

just hate part of hubbies head got chopped off, we

were all dying laughing at her lil face, as we put a

hat on her for the first time. The look on her face just cracks me up..........it looks like.she is thinking... ...

" Well.....I'm glad yall think this is so funny, but I amnot the least bit amused."

Hi, my name is Brooklyn and I want to try and distract myself from all their laughter by introducing you tomy family. This guy who is laughing at me so hard is my Grampy.

I have to tell ya.... Ive got my Grampy wrapped around

my lil finger, he bounces me up and down, and if he stops..... I make some noise

and he starts moving right away. I know how

to get him to do what I want............

I love this guy, he makes me feel like I have some control

over my life.................

This is my sweet and Beautiful Mommy, doesn't she look

happy...........it's cause of Me and Daddy. She is such

a good Mommy..............She and Daddy take such goodcare of me.

and here is my favorite guy in the whole world......

yea, my daddy, and he thinks up fun things to do, like riding me around in the stroller, inside and outside!and playing peek a boo!

He is grammy and grampy's son.

Doesn't the beach look so pretty!

I see someone coming!

Oh.........It's my Grammy and Grampy

My Mommy has been taking their pictures and they

didn't even know it..................

Until Now, So Grammy gave a lil wave for the camera!

My Grammy and Grampy absolutely adore me, and

I sure love all the attention they give me.

This is my Aunt DeeAnna and Uncle Jerry.

They love me too, and get such a kick out of me.

Aunt DeeAnna is Grammy and Grampy's daughter.

She's as sweet as she is pretty, and I think Uncle Jerry is a sweet and handsome dude and I like to hold his finger,

don't think Aunt DeeAnna minds tho.

As much as I love all these folks, they just wear me out!I was so tired I put my self to sleep for the first time......Well, hope you enjoyed meeting my family...........thru the eyes of Brooklyn.Have a really good day..............Love, Hugs and Blessings,Nellie (Grammy)and Brooklyn

since there was shade and such a nice breeze,and because we are used to being outside allday while we were at the beach.....now I justwant to be out there all the time, but afterawhile, it is just too hot.

We got subs from Publix for lunch and Sonny's

b-b-cue for dinner, since we like to take our vacation to the max, did more on our marriage

retreat stuff , and did do someyard work too.

Think I overdid it in the yard, and that is why

I am up so late, back and neck are bothering me

and can't get comfortable enough, so got up to

eat a bowl of cereal, and hoping it might help.

We got so much rest while on vacation we came

back raring to go with some productivity, and

think we got a lil carried away!! lol

Am watching Brooklyn all day tomorrow too,

so am praying I am feeling a lot better in the

morning. So if you feel so led, a few prayers

wouldn't hurt................lol

Thought I would tell you something funny

that happened to us last night while we were

watching a movie, The Hobbit. Our TV sits right

next to our french door going to our porch. All

of a sudden I noticed a lil face outside our french

doors, and said, oh my gosh and jumped up,

thinking I hope I locked that back door. It was a

racoon watching us...........watch TV. The back

porch light was on too, and we did have one try

our door handle once before, and thankfully it

was locked, which is really my force of habit,

but just the shock of it makes you think that.

Course, as

soon as I jumped up he took off............

Hubby said, we were expecting some creatures

in the movie but not on our back porch.

Anywho, we got a kick out of it....

Have you ever had that happen???

We thought it was sort of fun ourselves.....

cause you know how we like wildlife......lol

Well, have a great day, I will

probably post some vacation pictures

on Wednesday, Lord willing................

But today I am playing with my

lil sweetie all day..................

Hugs and Blessings,

NellieP.S. Figured I would report back about last nightsince I had a few minutes.That cereal did help.....finally got to sleep I only got 4 hours of sleep, but I slept like a rock, so after being up an hour and a half, I am now fully awake and feeling great......thank the Lord!!Now just waiting on Brooklyn to arrive, Scott calledat 7:30 and said she was still sleeping, and they puther to bed at 9pm. They went to the beach yester-day so must have been all the fresh air, and thenaps he said she missed, plus she is probably goingthru a growth spurt since she is 12 weeks old asof yesterday, and she is starting to teeth as well.Have a Sweet Day!

Saturday, May 25, 2013

He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth-- The Lord is His name.Amos 9:6

Hi Sweet Gang,How are you??? Feel like I have been out of the loop, as we were away since last Saturday. I had prepared the 2 posts of my bedroom, ahead of time, so I could just post them, while on vacation. We really had such a great time...........and relaxed, relaxed, relaxed.Our fav vacation.........

So I have lots to be thankful for.................#1I am thankfulthat we had the blessing of going to the beach all week. One of our fav places to go for vacation.It is a place called "Ponce Inlet", it is fairly nearDaytona beach, but doesn't have all the hectic-ness of Daytona. It is quaint, quiet and perfectas far as we are concerned.#2I am thankfulfor the folks who owns this nice place and whorent it out.........they have all the work, we justget to enjoy it for a fee................Works for me!!#3I am thankfulthat the kids got to come over the weekend. Scott and Megan got to come on Sat. andstayed till Sun. evening, so we watched thebaby so they could have a lil couple time and enjoy the beach. We had so much fun with her, she is just responding so much, and justsmiles and laughs when you talk to her.So darling........be still my heart. Then Dee and Jerry only got to come over onSunday for awhile, no babysitter for Rosie,and they don't allow pets unfortunately,course, I understand why. Glad they gotto come for the day anyway, it was nice.

#4I am thankfulthat hubby and I had the rest of the weekfor alone time, as we wanted to do somemarriage retreat material we had ordered.So we had a great time talking about ourlife and direction.#5I am thankfulthat even tho we had some rain and some overcast weather it didn't dampen our funin any way. We still did all the things wenormally do..............#6I am thankfulthat we were able to take our lounge chairsthis time (thanks to our new van)It added something we loved to do, at another place we used to stay at, but really hadn't been able to do at this place, at least not comfortably. That is sit out back and read or drink coffee andwatch the waves and listen to the roar of the ocean. We so enjoyed that this year................#7I am thankfulthat we got to do something I have always wanted to do.......and that is ride bikes on the beach. The condo actually had some we could use....just never thought to ask before, and soooo glad I did this time........ That was so much fun.

#8I am thankfulfor all the neat sunrises I saw. That is anotherfavorite thing I like to do when I am there. Saw3 this week,. and like the Angel said in Luke 1:9, the glory of the Lord shone all around us.............accept we were not afraid. lolHis creativity is just so amazing!#9I am thankfulfor all the shells, sea birds, waves, sand patterns,wildflowers, lil crabs, the beautiful and delightful breezes, and a surprise rocket launch we got tosee standing on the beach.Cape Kennedy is just an hour or so away on theAtlantic side of the state, where we were.#10I am thankfulthat I didn't get burned but got a very nice tan,Brown as a Berry, but no sunburn.....Yea!!Back when we did vacation when the kids were younger I usually got burned the firstday out and would have to wear a T-shirtthe rest of the week, cause you have to keep an eye on those kiddles all the time. Thank the lord for good sunscreen too......#11I am thankfulto be able to swim in the pool, as I amnot one for swimming in the ocean, I hateto admit that since I am a Florida girl!! lol Just not interested in being shark bait, if you know what I mean!! lolOne morning when I was watching the sunrise, I saw some dorsal fins and thought oh my goshsharks. There was about 6 of them, but itturned out to be dolphins, they were veryclose to shore too, so was happy to knowthey were friendly fish............lol#12I am thankfulfor all the fun, relaxation, and rest we gotwhile we were there, and we got in someHGTV as well. So we are ready to goagain................and as much fun as we had, we are alwayshappy to be home, as we love our homeand our life.................

#13I am thankful

to hear that Aimee the girl from Georgia, who had that flesh eating bacteria from the zipline accident a year or more ago and lost her hands

and legs, has 2 new bionic hands given to her by the company that makes them, they are the absolute best they have on the market, and she will be a spokeswoman for them. She and her family are so excited.

She has had such an amazing attitude thru thiswhole thing.

So happy for her...............I saw this one the news before I left, so put itdown cause it just blessed my heart to hearthat good news for her and her family.

Well, there you have it...............a lil later than normal, but better late than never!Sorry only one picture this week (it was from our last stay)but will show you some next week...............so be sure and drop by on Tues. or Wed.,probably Wed., as I will be watching our lil sweetie on Tuesday, so probably wantget to it...................

We just got home a few hours ago, so wanted to do my post while it was fresh on my mind.Love, Hugsand Beachy Blessings,Nellie

Hope you have a Safe andCommemorative Memorial Dayandto our Men and Womenwho now and in the past protect us and this nation, We thank you, and we remember You and those who have sacrificed so muchto keep us safe. God Bless Youand your families...........Todayand Always!

This is our comfy cozy reading, talking andpraying area, and ocassionally sleeping area (if we are having trouble sleeping. lol Notice the pics over the

love seat, they used to be over the bed before. This is now sitting where the dresser was, which is the first thing you see as you comein the door of our bedroom.

Actually this tea cart is the first thing you see.Decided to put a small lamp on their and use it as a table.

Top of our armoire - still trying to decide about the white birdcage..........so may redo this yet.

Recently I decided to clean out my jewelry box and take out things I rarely wear, so put them all in the pretty blue box, that way if I do want them they are easily accessible, and my jewelry box lid now closes again, lol, and it is so easy to find things. Tip: Anytime you have a lot of things that you use, just not all that often, but you don't really want to get rid of....take them all and put them in a pretty storagebox or one of those plastic shoe boxes and store them somewhere else.I did that with my some of my kitchen utensils, and stored them in the garage on an easily accessible shelf right outside the entry door to our kitchen. It has worked out really great, so that is what made me think of the jewelry box issue, and it was a great clutter eliminator there as well.....

The gray box stores my everyday earrings, in fact, I am

thinking I should switch that to put my everyday earrings

in the regular jewelry box and my dressier ones in the

gray box.....makes more sense cause I use the every

day one, well, everyday. lol and the dressier ones once or maybe twice a week. hmmm.........guess I will work on that.

Didn't have anything over my bed until after Mother's Day.......

This was the lovely statement piece from Dee and Jerry.

It looks black, but it is a bronze color, I really love it,

but am still not sure if it is too much brown, course,

I can always paint it white too.

So what do you think???

With the Pure Tommy Bahama look....

Should have turned the spread to the

other side for the total Tommy Bahama

look, cause it is all tropical looking

flowers..........

I will just have to post it again, when

I switch it over................lol

Gradient map affect......

Doesn't this make you happy for color............lol

With overhead light on...............

With natural light with blinds open

and with lamps at night time!We like it any time!! lolI tried a number of times to get a good shot of the wall arrangement on the right side of the bed but they justkept coming out so blurry for some reason, so just didn't have time to retake them again.

Thanks for sharing in our fun..... bedroom re-arrange with me. Glad you could stop by, and look forward to hearing from you.I am linking up to Marty overat a stroll thru life, so if youwant to see more decoratinginspiration, just click here!andI am also linking up to Cindyat Dwellings, so to check outmore amazing ideas,just click here.

Also decided to link up to Elaineover at Sunny Simple Life, sogo check it out, just click here!May the Lord Bless youand Keep You, until we meet again in blogland.Love and Hugs,Nellie

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I am a wife to my sweet husband
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and Mother to 2 grown married children, a son and daughter, in that order, a daughter and son in love, and a beautiful lil grand-daughter who just turned 3 yrs. old at this writing, and one furry grand-daughter dog, named Rosie. I love the Lord and my family so very much. They are all such a joy to my life.
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